People Planning Ahead: Communicating Healthcare and End-of-Life Wishes Leigh Ann Kingsbury. |
People Planning Ahead is a hands–on planning manual that provides a structured way to ensure that loved ones receive care conforming to their personal, cultural, and religious beliefs during times of chronic and terminal illness, or severe disability
Provides a structured way to gather and organize information on a person's values, goals, and life and turn it into a detailed life plan
Assists a person no matter where they may be on the wellness continuum, from healthy adults to those diagnosed with terminal illnesses.
Includes plain language definitions of such terms as living wills, advance directives, competency, and capacity
Detailed planning forms on CD–ROM offer instructive and step–by–step examples on how to use information in real-life situations; electronic format makes it easy to store and archive information
"As a practicing physician, I consider this manual to be an invaluable tool for assessing an individual's quality of life and preserving true continuity of person-centered aspects of care across a variety of settings." IRA BYOCK, MD, Director of Palliative Care, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Who can useClinical coordinators or case managers in state agencies, institutions, or assisted living facilities; geriatric care managers in hospitals, departments of aging, or independent homes; social workers in hospices and other palliative care services; and family members
